The story
- Old French · derived fromgenterise
- Middle English · inherited fromgentryse
- English todaygentrice
From Middle English gentryse, from Old French genterise, variant form of gentelise, from gentil.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
gentrice
Today it means: The state or quality of being high-born; gentility. Full definition →
Middle English gentryse ← Old French genterise